IDA land review urged as 42% of property unused

DESERTED buildings and acres of undeveloped land earmarked for business are wasting taxpayers’ money, it was warned last night.

Up to 1,000 acres of land under the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) is lying idle across Ireland, much of it in towns and cities where there is an acute shortage of sites for schools, housing and playing areas.

It has also emerged as many as 62 properties (42%) controlled by the IDA are vacant and not in use.